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THOMAS KENDRICK LONG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1941 – April 16, 1969
Service recordThomas Kendrick Long, of Mclean, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- November 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Mclean, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 96
- PETER CLARK LITTLEFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1969
- ANTHONY G MARKEVITCH JRSergeant · April 16, 1969
- RALPH CHARLES MUNSEYPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1969
- LEON JOSEPH PIERCECaptain · April 16, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.